♪ ♪ cbs >> glor: on the cbs evening news" this wednesday, fixing the planes. boeing outlines its plan for 737 maxes as the head of the f.a.a. faces tough questions in congress. >> boeing unveils an overhaul to its 737 max software. >> as capitol hill addresses flight safety. >> safety should never be optional. >> the f.a.a. put the fox in charge of the henhouse. >> chicago police released their file on jussie smollett. >> he's walking around saying he is a victim. nothing here adds up. >> education secretary betsy devos facing a flurry of criticism over a proposal that would eliminate funding for the special olympics. >> it is a life-saving organization. it helped me find my voice. >> one of the nation's largest wireless providers is set to release new technology to stop robo-callers.

>> they're basically bandaids on a much bigger problem. >> glor: and the highest honor for a soldier who tackled a suicide bomber. >> he definitely sacrificed himself so that we could live. >> glor: good evening. i'm jeff glor. and this is our western edition. we're going to begin tonight with a new plan for planes. boeing outlined a software fix and new training for pilots following two deadly crashes, and the f.a.a. says it is revamping the way airline development is handled. this came amidst tough questions for the f.a.a. from congress. the questions do remain: how did things get to this place, and why did two planes have to go down? here's kris van cleave. >> should they have been mandatory? yes or no? >> reporter: f.a.a. ac faures that led to two 737 max crashes killing nearly 350 peopled anges toion safety oversight. >> i want to assure you and everyone else that the f.a.a.

will go wherever the facts lead us in our pursuit of safety. >> reporter: minnesota democrat amy klobuchar wanted to know how the f.a.a.'s approval process allowed the 737 max to fly with a new anti-stall system that wasn't disclosed to pilots. >> are there any safety measures that the f.a.a. may have miscalculated when evaluating the safety features of the boeing 737 max? >> we certify aircraft in a way that we have refined, as i said, for large aircraft, large commercial aircraft-- >> was this consistent with how you've done other certifications in other situations, the boeing ion? >> b if you n sog erinigion or thamou may change that process? >> absolutely. that's how we get better. >> these questions, when they arise, if they arise, are troubling. >> reporter: transportation secretary elaine chao, whose department overseas the f.a.a., was also in the spotlight today. >> that plane lost the

confidence of the american traveling public. >> reporter: west virginia democrat joe manchin, a pilot himself, demanded to know why the 737 planes weren't grounded sooner. >> there was no factual basis upon which to ground the planes. >> reporter: in washington state, boeing hosted 200 pilots and airline officials from around the world to demonstrate software changes it's planning for the grounded 737 max fleet. >> the 737 is a safe airplane. >> reporter: boeing said it will require additional training on the max before pilots will be allowed to return to the cockpit. changes at the f.a.a. are expected to include how they evaluate training as well as how they look at self-audits done by companies like boeing. the agency says for it to certify aircraft on its own would require an additional 10,000 employees at a cost of about $1.8 billion. jeff? >> glor: kris van cleave, thank you. there are more questions tonight about the decision to drop all charges against jussie smollett. the actor was accused of staging a hate crime against himself.

did he receive special treatment? here's adriana diaz. >> reporter: a day after chicago police say they were blindsided by state prosecutors dropping charges against actor jussie smollett, the department dropped a headline of its own, releasing police reports that outline what they consider an ironclad case. the 61 pages of investigation reports shows detectives believe smollett staged the attack at least three days before they publicly named him a suspect. they also reveal that at least one f.b.i. agent was involved in the case from early on and that police got a search warrant for smollett's icloud account. today chicago mayor rahm emanuel questioned whether smollett got off easy. >> there's a sense here that you have one rule book applying to an individual because he's an actor, somebody with a certain amount of status that's being treated different. >> reporter: cook county state's attorney kim fox defended her office's decision. if your own prosecutor told us

that he believes mr. smollett is guilty, why not get that guilty plea from him as part of this deal? >> because according to the statute, you don't have to. if he pays the restitution, if he does the community service, how he spins what he's done, is that outcome consistent with others who are similarly situated. >> reporter: is there a rift between the state's attorney's office and the chicago police? >> i think the state's attorneys office and the chicago police and mayor's office have a shared tew. their frustration about how this was handled, i hear it and i respect it, and i say to them what i've said to others, this case was treated no differently. >> reporter: another controversy is that the case files have been sealed. fox says that wasn't part of the deal to drop charges. lawyers for the media, including cbs news, have filed motions to keep those documents from getting destroyed and to make them public. jeff? >> glor: more good questions from adriana tonight as the questions don't go away.

adriana diaz, thanks very much. the secretary of education was on capitol hill today defending her proposed budget cuts. that includes $18 million cut from special olympics. betsy devos called it a "awesome organization" but said it doesn't need government funds. here's chip reid. >> reporter: for 50 years the special olympics has helped countless americans with disabilities feel special. >> special olympics means the world to me. >> reporter: dustin plunkett has played half a dozen different sports and says that's why the bullies now leave him alone. >> it helped me find my voice and stand up for myself and put an end to the bullies. but i wish they could see me today. >> reporter: most of the special olympics budget comes from private sources, but about $18 million a year comes from the federal government. in its new budget, the trump administration proposes eliminating that funding. education secretary betsy devos: >> we had to make some difficult decisions with this budget. >> reporter: that left some democrats fuming.

>> i still can't understand why you would go after disabled children in your budget. you zero that out. it's appalling. >> do you know how many kids are going to be affected by that cut, madam secretary? >> i don't know the number of kids. i also know that-- >> it's 272,000 kids. i'll answer that for you. that's okay. no problem. >> reporter: devos responded today noting that special olympics is able to raise more than $100 million every year. the federal government cannot fund every worthy program, she said, particularly ones that enjoy robust support from private donations. the organization's chairman, tim shriver, says special olympics is so popular because it is not just about sports, it's about inclusion. >> people who don't have disabilities stepped on to a field to cheer for a child with down syndrome. she crossed the finish line. her arms went up in the air, the whole world changed. >> reporter: the trump administration has already tried and failed twice to kill funding for special olympics. and today a key republican said

he has no intention of supporting any cuts, which means special olympics will probably win this race to the funding finish line once again. jeff? >> glor: chip reid, thank you very much. a cbs news poll just out this evening on the mueller report found 77% of americans want the full report released publicly. blsummary delivered on sunday said that mueller found no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. but mueller said he drew no conclusion on obstruction. 69% of republicans said they were pleased with the findings of the summary. 50% of democrats said they were disappointed. former vice president joe biden is trying to clear up some past issues ahead of his expected announcement that he is joining 14 other democrats in a run fors role in a controversial senate confirmation hearing from 28 years ago. here's jan crawford. >> i wish i could have done something. >> reporter: at an awards ceremony last night in new york, the former vice president once

again offered an apology of sorts to law professor anita hill. >> to this day i regret i couldn't come up with a way to get her the kind of hearing she deserved, given the courage she showed by reaching out to us. >> reporter: joe biden, of course, ran those hearings. he was chair of the democratically controlled judiciary committee in 1991 when hill accused supreme court nominee clarence thomas of sexual harassment. >> what was the most embarrassing of all the incidences you have alleged? >> reporter: the hearings gripped the nation. >> on several occasions thomas told me graphically of his own sexual prowess. >> this is a circus. this is a national disgrace. >> reporter: and it's now a potential problem for biden, which he seems to recognize, as he considers a presidential run in a field of women and minority democratic contenders. >> a bunch of white guys hearing this testimony in the senate judiciary committee.

she faced a committee that didn't fully understand what the hell it was all about. >> reporter: it's not the first time biden has expressed regret. in 2017, he was asked about hill's assertion that the judiciary committee treated her unfairly. >> i am so sorry if she believed that. i am so sorry that she had to go through what she went through. >> reporter: hill told the "washington post" that's sort of an "i'm sorry if you were offended," and last year she told "elle" magazine "it's becoming sort of a running joke in the household when someone rings the doorbell and we're not expecting company, 'oh,' we say, 'is that joe biden coming to apologize?'" now hill said there are more important things to her than hearing an apology from joe biden, and today republican senator lindsey graham said apology tour is sad to see because he thought biden was an effective senator who is now trying to reinvent himself to get the nomination. jeff? >> glor: jan crawford, thank you. president trump today presented

the medal of honor to the family of army staff sergeant travis atkins. sergeant atkins died so other soldiers could live. david martin tells his incredible story. >> reporter: it was the first of june, 12 years ago, that sergeant travis atkins called from iraq to tell his parents he was about to take his men out on a mission. >> he did say that he was sorry he had forgotten to get something in the mail for me for mother's day. >> reporter: just hours later, army officers arrived to tell them their son was dead. >> after we spoke to the chaplain, i went to the mailbox, and there was a little package from travis with a mother's day card for me and a father's day card for jack. the card said, "thanks for everything," and it just brought it home. >> he was meant to save our lives.

>> reporter: it was only when they met with sand aijo and other soldier in atkins unit that they found out how he died. >> he definitely sacrificed himself so that we could live. >> reporter: aijo was the machine gunner in their humvee, and he watched as atkins and the team's medic got out to search two men they suspected of planting roadside bombs. >> that's when travis started to actually engage in a form of hand-to-hand combat with this man. travis bearhugged the man, lifted him up off the ground and slammed him down. >> reporter: aijo didn't realize it yet, but the man had pulled the pin on a grenade to detonate a suicide vest. atkins was wrestling himself into position to shield his men from the blast. you were there. you're alive today because of him. >> i am. yes, sir. >> reporter: what does it mean to you when you found out he was going to receive the medal? >> it was good to see that there was a grateful nation that were as thankful as i was for the sacrifice he made for me and

>> reporter: his father, a vietnam vet, says none of that surprised him, because he had talked to his son about being a soldier. >> we talked about the responsibility of what you owe to people who are serving under you, what you need to do to protect them. >> reporter: the medal was presented to atkins' son, trevor oliver, who was ten his father died. it is, of course, this nation's highest honor, but perhaps not travis' atkins greatest achievement. >> the real reward is, you know, what your men think of you. >> reporter: that was on full display when those who served with him, privates to colonels, were asked to stand. lor: up next here on the "cbs evening news" tonight, why some legal marijuana is sending people to emergency rooms. some legal marijuana is sending people to emergency rooms. dn dog agility.

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recreational pot, a new study found more than 2,500 people have been sent to emergency rooms complaining of bad highs. dr. jon lapook says it's not just those lighting up, but eating up. >> reporter: 79-year-old arlene galchinsky uses edible cannabis for severe neck and back pain. >> it takes the edge off. it does help. it definitely does. >> reporter: but when she first tried it a year ago, her husband herb had to call 911. >> the colors were very, very vivid, and i was feeling a little bit dizzy and just disoriented. >> reporter: ten states have legalized recreational marijuana. this is first time i've ever been in a marijuana dispensary. >> oh, okay. >> reporter: for "60 minutes," we saw firsthand -- peaches and cream, milk chocolate -- the wide array oiblectavailaolorado. >> the first time people try edibles, they don't know how to consume it. so, you have to do it really slow. >> reporter: inhaled cannabis has an effect within minutes. while edible cannabis is absorbed more slowly.

what that leads to is when people are taking cannabis edibles is that if they're not feeling the effects they expect within the time period they expect, then they stack doses. >> reporter: dr. andrew monte found that over a five-year period, cannabis related emergency room visits more than quadrupled. about 10% of those visits were from edibles, even though edibles account for just a tiny fraction of total cannabis sales in the state. reasons for visits included vomiting and psychiatric symptoms. nearly one-third of all cannabis-related visits led to hospital admissions. people are sometimes using it for recreational purposes and then ultimately also using it if they have back pain. so when that line is blurred, there's less regulation about how to do it and how to do it safely. >> reporter: this study is a reminder for the need of public education about marijuana use. for example, if you're eating a brownie with marijuana, with cannabis, find out how much t.h.c. it contains, because that's the part that makes you high. and too much could cause unexpected symptoms.

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escape houses and the tunnels that connected them. >> he's been spotted! >> reporter: from her desk in the newsroom, she worked her magic daily, moving crews and correspondents in and out of hot spots all over the world, often with a light touch, always with her joyful smile. ana shepherded stories for "48 hours," "60 minutes," for "cbs this morning," "sunday morning," "face the nation," and here at the "cbs evening news." she won two emmys for her work. all of us are better for having ana real in our lives. >> i will remember these moments for the rest of my life. >> reporter: she leaves behind her husband, two children, and an entire news organization. >> glor: ana just made you smile.bs n for tonight. i'm jeff glor. we will see you tomorrow. have a good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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